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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Maria Shriver is coming back to NBC News

Maria Shriver is coming back to NBC News

Maria Shriver is coming back to NBC News

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 01:18 PM PDT

FILE - This May 1, 2012 file photo shows Maria Shriver speaking at the 7th Annual MOCA Award to Distinguished Women in the Arts luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif. NBC announced announced on Tuesday, April 30, 2013, that Shriver will join the network as a special anchor working on issues surrounding the shifting roles of women in American life. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)NEW YORK (AP) — After nearly a decade away, former California first lady Maria Shriver is returning to NBC News for a job where she will concentrate on the roles of women in American life.

Man found guilty of murder in Texas court shooting

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 01:14 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 22, 2013 file photo, Bartholomew Granger, left, enters court for the start of his trial in Galveston, Texas. The Houston man who admitted shooting his daughter outside a Texas courthouse was convicted Tuesday, April 30, of capital murder for the death of a 79-year-old bystander. Granger said he was angry with his daughter for testifying against him in a sex assault case. (AP Photo/The Beaumont Enterprise, Dave Ryan)GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A Houston man who admitted shooting his daughter outside a Texas courthouse was convicted Tuesday of capital murder for the death of a 79-year-old bystander.

Amanda Knox says what happened to her was surreal

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 01:11 PM PDT

SEATTLE (AP) — Amanda Knox says in an interview that what happened to her was "surreal but it could have happened to anyone."

France: jihadist convert arrested in Mali

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 01:10 PM PDT

FILE - This March 8, 2013 photo provided by the French Army Communications Audiovisual Office (ECPAD) shows French soldiers patrolling the Mettatai region in northern Mali. The Security Council unanimously approved a new U.N. peacekeeping force for Mali on Thursday, April 25, 2013 to help restore democracy and stabilize the northern half of the country which was controlled by Islamist jihadists until a France-led military operation ousted them three months ago. (AP Photo/ECPAD, Arnaud Roine)PARIS (AP) — French troops in Mali have arrested a French citizen who converted to Islam, took on the jihadist cause and threatened France in a video last fall, the military spokesman said Tuesday.

Storming ministries, Libya's militias put pressure

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 01:09 PM PDT

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Gunmen swooped in on trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns and surrounded Libya's Justice Ministry on Tuesday, cutting off roads and forcing employees out of the building in the latest instance of powerful militiamen showing their muscle to press their demands on how Libya should be run more than a year after Moammar Gadhafi's ouster.

'American Idol' is now 3rd-rated competition show

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 01:09 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — "American Idol" has been television's most popular show for nearly a decade. Now it isn't even the most popular competition show.

Stocks edge higher; IBM pulls up the Dow

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 01:08 PM PDT

Specialist John Parisi, right, works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Stock prices are opening mostly lower on Wall Street as weak earnings from Pfizer and other companies drag down major market averages. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market overcame a morning slide to finish modestly higher, giving the Standard & Poor's 500 index another record close and its sixth straight month of gains.

Information sharing before bombings under review

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 01:07 PM PDT

President Barack Obama arrives for a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Tuesday his counterterrorism bureaucracy "did what it was supposed to be doing" before the Boston Marathon bombing as his top intelligence official began a review into whether sensitive information was adequately shared and whether the U.S. government could have disrupted the attack.

ElBaradei: Egypt leader will need opposition help

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 01:04 PM PDT

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's leading opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei says he believes the Islamist president will eventually be forced to reach out to opposition.

Report: Apple selling record amount in bonds

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 01:03 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The Wall Street Journal says Apple Inc. is selling $17 billion in bonds on Tuesday. That would make it the largest corporate bond issue ever.

Pa. abortion doctor's murder trial goes to jury

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 01:03 PM PDT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia jury began weighing murder charges Tuesday against a doctor charged with killing five people, including four viable babies allegedly born alive at his abortion clinic.

Paltrow, Parker launch Web series for AOL

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 01:03 PM PDT

FILE - This April 18, 2013 file photo shows actress Gwyneth Paltrow at the Tiffany & Co. Blue Book Ball at Rockefeller Center in New York. AOL is making its most substantial dip into original video programming with new series with Sarah Jessica Parker, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria and Nicole Richie. The Internet company unveiled 15 new digital series Tuesday, April 30, in a presentation to advertisers in New York. AOL is making a push into original programming in the wake of similar efforts by YouTube, Yahoo and Amazon. Paltrow and Tracy Anderson will host the Ryan Seacrest-produced series NEW YORK (AP) — AOL is making its most substantial dip into original video programming with new series from Sarah Jessica Parker, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria and Nicole Richie.

House, Senate move to fix typo in FAA measure

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 01:01 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The tale of the missing "s'' is about to end.

Woody Allen casts stars Colin Firth, Emma Stone

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 01:01 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 13, 2012 file photo, director and actor Woody Allen poses on the red carpet of the movie "To Rome with Love," in Rome. Woody Allen is returning to France for his next film, and he's bringing Colin Firth and Emma Stone along as its stars. Producers Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum announced Tuesday, April 30, 2013, that Allen is set to start shooting his untitled new comedy this summer. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Woody Allen is returning to France for his next film and bringing Colin Firth and Emma Stone along as its stars.

Pfizer 1Q profit up, but drugmaker cuts outlook

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:58 PM PDT

FILE - This Friday, March 2, 2012 file photo shows the exterior of Pfizer in Groton, Conn. Pfizer Inc. Pfizer Inc. reports quarterly financial results before the market opens on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)Pfizer Inc.'s first-quarter net income rose 53 percent despite falling sales, mainly because the world's second-largest drugmaker took big charges a year ago. Pfizer's results fell short of Wall Street's expectations, and the company lowered its profit and sales forecasts for the year, blaming sudden worsening of currency exchange rates.

Brighter view on jobs and pay lifts US confidence

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:56 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are more optimistic the job market is healing and will deliver higher pay later this year. That brighter outlook, along with rising home prices, cheaper gasoline and a surging stock market, could offset some of the drag from the recent tax increases and government spending cuts.

Orange celebrations as King Willem-Alexander takes Dutch throne

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:56 PM PDT

Dutch King Willem-Alexander waves to the crowd next to his wife Queen Maxima and their daughters Crown Princess Catharina-Amalia and Princess Alexia during a boat parade in AmsterdamBy Gilbert Kreijger and Thomas Escritt AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Willem-Alexander became the first king of the Netherlands since 1890 on Tuesday, ascending a throne largely stripped of political power but still invested with enormous symbolic significance for the Dutch people. At his investiture in Amsterdam's 600-year-old Nieuwe Kerk, or New Church, the 46-year-old monarch swore an oath to uphold the Dutch constitution and stressed the need for unity at a time of economic crisis. "I take office in a period when many in the kingdom feel vulnerable or uncertain. ...

Empire State Building IPO clears NY legal hurdle

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:55 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A legal challenge to an ambitious plan to let the public buy shares in one of New York City's most famous landmarks — the Empire State Building — was cast aside on Tuesday in a ruling by a Manhattan judge.

ESPN: Regrets Broussard comment on gay NBA player

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:55 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — ESPN says that it regrets the "distraction" caused by one of its reporters who described Jason Collins as a sinner after the NBA center publicly revealed that he was gay.

Laying bare your finances to apply for health care

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:51 PM PDT

This application obtained by The Associated Press shows the short form for the new federal Affordable Care Act. The first draft was as mind-numbing as a tax form. Tuesday the Obama administration unveiled simplified application forms for health insurance benefits under the federal health care overhaul. The biggest change: a five-page short form that single people can fill out. That total includes a cover page with instructions, and an extra page to fill out if you want to designate someone to help you through the process. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)WASHINGTON (AP) — After a storm of complaints, the Obama administration on Tuesday unveiled simplified forms to apply for insurance under the president's new health care law. You won't have to lay bare your medical history but you will have to detail your finances.

Calif. woman accused of tainting OJ at Starbucks

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:51 PM PDT

In this April 29, 2013 photo released by the San Jose Police Department is Ramineh Behbehanian, 50. Behbehanian is facing attempted murder charges after authorities say she tried to sneak orange juice bottles spiked with rubbing alcohol inside a Starbucks. San Jose police released additional details about the case on Tuesday. They say Behbehanian fled when a customer alerted store staff that she saw Behbehanian remove two bottles of orange juice from her bag and place them in a refrigerated display case on Monday. (AP Photo/San Jose Police Dept.)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California woman faces attempted murder charges after police say she tried to sneak orange juice bottles spiked with a lethal amount of rubbing alcohol inside a Starbucks.

Obama: US still not sure who used chem weapons

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:48 PM PDT

President Barack Obama answers questions during his new conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 30, 2013 in Washington. The president said the US doesn't know how chemical weapons were used in Syria or by whom. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama strongly suggested Tuesday he'd consider military action against Syria if it can be confirmed that President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons in the two-year-old civil war.

The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:45 PM PDT

App Store Official Charts for the week ending April 29, 2013:

Toddler is youngest to ever get lab-made windpipe

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:43 PM PDT

In this July 13, 2012 photo, Hannah Warren, 2, poses with her parents Lee Young-mi and Darryl Warren at Seoul National University Hospital in Seoul, South Korea. Hannah received a new windpipe made from her own stem cells in a landmark operation on April 9, 2013, at Children's Hospital of Illinois in Peoria, Ill. She is the youngest patient ever to get the experimental treatment. Hannah was born without a windpipe and her doctors in South Korea expected her to die, but doctors in Illinois said Tuesday, April 30, 2013, she is recovering and likely will lead a normal life. (AP Photo/The Korea Herald, Kim Myung-sub) KOREA OUT, EDITORIAL USE ONLYCHICAGO (AP) — A 2-year-old girl born without a windpipe now has a new one grown from her own stem cells, the youngest patient in the world to benefit from the experimental treatment.

NTSB assists plane crash probe in Afghanistan

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:40 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board is sending a team of investigators to Afghanistan to assist local authorities with their investigation of a U.S. cargo airline crash that killed all seven crew members on board.

Shoppers face hurdles in finding ethical clothing

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:39 PM PDT

This undated product image provided by Fair Indigo shows one of the company's product. Fair Indigo is an online retailer that sells clothes and accessories that are certified by Fair Trade U.S.A., including $59.90 pima organic cotton dresses, $45.90 faux wrap skirts and $100 floral ballet flats. (AP Photo/Fair Indigo)NEW YORK (AP) — You can recycle your waste, grow your own food and drive a fuel-efficient car. But being socially responsible isn't so easy when it comes to the clothes on your back.

The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:37 PM PDT

FILE - This March 22, 2013 file photo shows singer Pink during her "The Truth About Love" tour at Madison Square Garden in New York. Pink's "Just Give Me a Reason (feat. Nate Ruess)," is the top song on iTunes' Official Music Charts for the week ending April 15, 2013. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, file)iTunes' Official Music Charts for the week ending April 29, 2013

2nd body found after S. Calif. midair collision

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:35 PM PDT

CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) — A second body was found Tuesday at a rugged site in the Santa Monica Mountains where a small plane crashed and burned after a midair collision with another small plane that managed to make a belly landing on a golf course, authorities said.

George Zimmerman won't seek immunity hearing

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:34 PM PDT

SANFORD, Florida (AP) — The former neighborhood watch leader charged with fatally shooting a Florida teenager told a judge Tuesday that he agrees with his defense attorneys' decision not to seek an immunity hearing under the state's "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law.

Hezbollah hints at possible Syria intervention

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:30 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 17, 2012 file photo, Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, center, waves to his supporters, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah says Syrian rebels will not be able to defeat President Bashar Assad's regime, while strongly suggesting his Iranian-backed militant group could intervene on the government's side if the need arises. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group said Tuesday that Syrian rebels will not be able to defeat President Bashar Assad's regime militarily, strongly suggesting that Syria's "real friends" including his Iranian-backed militant group would intervene on the government's side if the need arises.

Willem-Alexander becomes new Dutch king

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:26 PM PDT

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Millions of Dutch people dressed in orange flocked to celebrations around the Netherlands Tuesday in honor of a once-in-a-generation milestone for the country's ruling House of Orange-Nassau: after a 33-year reign, Queen Beatrix abdicated in favor of her eldest son, Willem-Alexander.

Tony Award nods largely skip stars for veterans

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:23 PM PDT

This April 1, 2013 file photo shows, from left, George C. Wolfe, Maura Tierney, Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari at the Lucky Guy Opening Night, in New York. Hanks received a Tony nomination for best leading actor in a play, Tuesday, April 30, for his role in "Lucky Guy." The awards will be broadcast on CBS from Radio City Music Hall on June 9. (Photo by Dario Cantatore/Invision/AP, file)NEW YORK (AP) — The Tony Awards committee largely favored tried-and-true stage veterans over flashy visitors Tuesday when announcing this year's Tony nominations, with Hollywood stars such as Bette Midler, Jessica Chastain, Al Pacino, Katie Holmes and Scarlett Johansson never hearing their names called.

Candice Bergen producing film on her famed father

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:20 PM PDT

FILE - This Sept. 30, 1978 file photo shows dummy Charlie McCarthy crossing his legs on the lap of actress Candice Bergen as her father, ventriloquist Edgar Bergen, points at Caesar's Palace Hotel in Las Vegas at Edgar Bergen's farewell performance before his intended retirement. He died in his sleep later that night. A spokeswoman for Candice Bergen says the actress is developing a film about her late father. Spokeswoman Heidi Schaeffer said Tuesday, April 30, 2013, that the big-screen project will be based on Candice Bergen's 1984 memoir, "Knock Wood." (AP Photo, file)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Candice Bergen is producing a film about her late father, the famed ventriloquist Edgar Bergen, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Oil price falls, ends April down 4 percent

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:20 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil fell about 1 percent Tuesday on anticipation of another increase in U.S. crude supplies.

Bulls will try again to finish off Nets

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:19 PM PDT

Brooklyn Nets center Brook Lopez (11), Chicago Bulls forward Carlos Boozer, center, and center Joakim Noah, right, compete for a loose ball in the first half of Game 5 of their first-round NBA basketball playoff series, Monday, April 29, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bulls had a chance to put away the Brooklyn Nets. Instead, they stumbled.

Advocates criticize Senate immigration bill

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:17 PM PDT

U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks during a town hall meeting, Monday, April 29, 2013, in Goodyear, Ariz. McCain was speaking and taking questions on immigration and sequestration. (AP Photo/Matt York)WASHINGTON (AP) — Advocates are criticizing bipartisan immigration legislation pending in the Senate, complaining that it erects undue barriers to citizenship for millions here illegally.

US urges medical treatment for Chinese detainee

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:15 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is calling for China to provide immediate medical treatment to the imprisoned nephew of Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng (chen GWANG-cheng).

New Italian premier urges EU to focus on growth

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:13 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, welcomes the Prime Minister of Italy, Enrico Letta, left, for a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)BERLIN (AP) — Italy's new prime minister called Tuesday for European countries to prioritize economic growth over debt reduction, adding his government believes Europe needs to integrate further to overcome its current crisis.

Utah referee critically hurt by soccer game punch

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:12 PM PDT

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A referee for a recreational soccer league is in critical condition in a Salt Lake City hospital after being punched in the face by a teenage player who didn't like a call the man made in a weekend game.

Russia had elder Boston suspect under surveillance

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:11 PM PDT

In this image taken from a video, an undated family photo provided by Patimat Suleimanova, the aunt of USA Boston bomb suspects, shows Anzor Tsarnaev left, Zubeidat Tsarnaev holding Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Anzor's brother Mukhammad Tsarnaev. Now known as the angry and grieving mother of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, Zubeidat Tsarnaev is drawing increased attention after federal officials say Russian authorities intercepted her phone calls, including one in which she vaguely discussed jihad with her elder son. In another, she was recorded talking to someone in southern Russia who is under FBI investigation in an unrelated case, U.S. officials said. (AP Photo/Patimat Suleimanova)MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — Russian agents placed the elder Boston bombing suspect under surveillance during a six-month visit to southern Russia last year, then scrambled to find him when he suddenly disappeared after police killed a Canadian jihadist, a security official told The Associated Press.
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Monday, April 29, 2013

NM stabbing suspect thought choir leader was Mason

NM stabbing suspect thought choir leader was Mason

NM stabbing suspect thought choir leader was Mason

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 01:05 PM PDT

A sign and flowers are left by a parishioner at the St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church in Albuquerque Monday, April 29, 2013, a day after a man stabbed several churchgoers Sunday as Mass was ending. Police say four parishioners were injured, including church choir director Adam Alvarez, but none have life-threatening injuries. Lawrence Capener, 24, is charged with three counts with aggravated battery and is being held on $75,000 bail. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Albuquerque man accused of stabbing four churchgoers during Sunday Mass told police he was after the choir leader because he thought the man was a Mason.

Obama meets Neb boy who won hearts in spring game

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 01:05 PM PDT

This photo provided by Andy Hoffman shows his son Jack with former Nebraska football player Rex Burkhead after meeting with President Barack Obama in Washington, Monday, April 29, 2013. The 7-year-old, who is fighting brain cancer, attracted millions of fans after his 69-yard touchdown run during Nebraska's spring football game. (AP Photo/Courtesy Jack Hoffman)The 7-year-old cancer patient who became an Internet sensation for his touchdown run in Nebraska's spring football game has yet another fan — President Barack Obama.

Man wounded after pulling gun in Utah police lobby

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 01:05 PM PDT

Members of the West Valley City Police Forensics Unit examine bullets holes in a window at the West Valley City Police Department Monday, April 29, 2013, in West Valley City, Utah. Authorities in a Salt Lake City suburb say a man shot after pulling a gun in a police lobby told officers months ago that he wanted to be shot by police. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — A man who told authorities months ago that he wanted to be killed by police entered a suburban Salt Lake City police station Monday and pointed a gun at an officer and a records clerk, prompting a shootout that left the man wounded.

Grammy-winning cellist Janos Starker dead at 88

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 01:04 PM PDT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Grammy Award-winning cellist Janos Starker has died after months of declining health. He was 88.

Mexican official's daughter gets restaurant closed

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 01:02 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican official's daughter has caused a scandal by sending inspectors to shut down a restaurant that didn't give her the table she wanted.

Italy's new government wins 1st confidence vote

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:59 PM PDT

Italian Premier Enrico Letta, is flanked by Integration Minister Cecile Kyenge, left, and Agriculture Minister Nunzia De Girolamo, during the swearing in ceremony of the new government at the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome, Sunday, April 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)ROME (AP) — Italy's new government has easily won a confidence vote of confirmation in the lower house of Parliament.

Monster hurricane watch at Saturn's North Pole

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:59 PM PDT

In an undated in this false-color image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft and provided by NASA/JPL shows stunning views of a monster hurricane at Saturn's North Pole. The eye of the cyclone is an enormous 1,250 miles across. That's 20 times larger than the typical eye of a hurricane here on Earth. The hurricane is believed to have been there for years.This image is among the first sunlit views of Saturn's north pole captured by Cassini's imaging cameras. (AP Photo/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured stunning views of a monster hurricane at Saturn's North Pole.

Budget cuts nix $51m in federal work study

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:58 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Schools in military communities and near tribal lands will receive $60 million less than expected this year. College students will earn $51 million less in federal work study programs.

Debris believed to be from 9/11 plane is from wing

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:57 PM PDT

New York City Police and members of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner enter a building in Lower Manhattan Monday, April 29, 2013, near the place where a rusted metal part from the wing of a Boeing 767 was found wedged between a mosque and an apartment building on Friday, April 26. Investigators initially thought it was part of the landing gear, because both pieces have similar hydraulics. Authorities believe the aircraft part is from one of the two hijacked planes used in the Sept. 11 attacks on the nearby World Trade Center. The medical examiner's office said Monday it is preparing the site and plans to begin sifting for human remains in the area on Tuesday, April 30. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — The rusted metal aircraft part believed to be from one of the hijacked jetliners that slammed into the World Trade Center in the Sept. 11 attacks came from a wing, not landing gear, police said Monday.

Euro mayors try to keep youths from going to Syria

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:55 PM PDT

In this photo taken Tuesday, April 16, 2013, mayor of Mechelen Bart Somers speaks to The Associated Press at the city hall of Mechelen, Belgium. Through much of western Europe, scores of Islamic youths have heeded the call to take up arms for a cause that is only a few hours away by plane. The phenomenon has alarmed authorities amid signs that the insurgency is becoming increasingly radicalized, with strong infiltration by al-Qaida. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)MECHELEN, Belgium (AP) — From his city hall under Belgium's most imposing cathedral, Mayor Bart Somers is wracking his brains trying to figure out how to keep young Muslims from going to fight "holy war" in Syria against the Assad regime.

Support for Collins pours in from sporting world

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:54 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Jason Collins received an outpouring of support from the sporting world on Monday after announcing he was gay. The decision to reveal his homosexuality in an interview with Sports Illustrated made the 12-year National Basketball Association veteran the first active player in a major men's North American team sport to announce he was gay. The news sparked a near-instant outpouring of support from a wide range of public figures including politicians, musicians, actors and, perhaps most notably, his peers in the sports world. "Proud of @jasoncollins34. ...

New Italy PM Letta wins lower house confidence vote, as expected

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:53 PM PDT

Enrico Giovannini sits next to Maria Chiara Carrozza at the Lower house of the parliament in RomeROME (Reuters) - New Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta won his first confidence vote in parliament on Monday after promising to press for a change to the European Union's focus on austerity and pursue economic growth and jobs. The lower house confidence motion in his right-left coalition government passed easily as expected, with 453 votes votes in favor and 153 against. Letta was backed by his own center-left Democratic Party (PD), Silvio Berlusconi's center-right People of Freedom (PDL), as well as the centrist Civic Choice led by former prime minister Mario Monti. ...

Oil above $94 on US data, hope of EU rate cut

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:53 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil rose above $94 per barrel Monday as positive U.S. economic data added to optimism for a rate cut in Europe.

Beastie Boys memoir scheduled for 2015

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:52 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The Beastie Boys want it all on the record.

James Bond studio to open 1st US facility in Ga.

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:51 PM PDT

In this image provided by Pinewood Shepperton PLC, an artist's rendering of Pinewood Atlanta is shown. Pinewood Shepperton PLC and River's Rock LLC together announced a joint venture to be named Pinewood Atlanta, a full service film and entertainment studio complex comprised of five sound stages on 288 acres in Fayetteville, Ga., south of Atlanta. (AP Photo/Pinewood Shepperton PLC)ATLANTA (AP) — The British film studio that's home to the James Bond movie franchise announced plans Monday for its first U.S. film production facility, at a site near Atlanta.

Holocaust survivors, veterans gather at DC museum

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:50 PM PDT

Former President Bill Clinton, right, and poet Rebecca Dupas, left, present Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor, second from left, and World War II Army veteran Scottie Ooton, a member of the 84th Infantry Division which liberated Hannover-Ahlem concentration camp, second from right, with pins marking the 20th anniversary of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, Monday, April 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — Elderly Holocaust survivors and the veterans who helped liberate them gathered for what could be their last big reunion Monday at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Florida legislators approve measure to speed up executions

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:46 PM PDT

Florida Governor Rick Scott holds a news conference at the State Emergency Operations CenterBy Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - The Florida Senate sent Governor Rick Scott a package of capital-punishment reforms on Monday designed to prevent condemned killers from spending decades on Death Row, despite warnings that speeding up the legal appeals process could lead to innocent prisoners being executed. The "Timely Justice Act" sets deadlines for condemned killers to file appeals, and for the state to proceed with issuing warrants after the Florida Supreme Court upholds death sentences. It also sets competency standards for lawyers handling cases. ...

Authorities: Student shoots self in Ohio classroom

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:44 PM PDT

Police and firefighters gather outside LaSalle High School, Monday, April 29, 2013, in Cincinnati, after a high school student pulled out a gun and shot himself in a classroom. The Hamilton County sheriff's office says the youth was taken to a hospital with a self-inflicted wound. They say there apparently was no threat to other students at the private school. (AP Photo/Cincinnati Enquirer, Glenn Hartong)CINCINNATI (AP) — An honors student at an all-male Catholic high school tried to commit suicide in his first-period classroom Monday, police said, critically wounding himself with a gunshot and sending other students scrambling for cover.

Bob Hope items to be auctioned for Calif. charity

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:44 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hundreds of personal items, including antiques, artwork and furniture once owned by Bob Hope and his wife, Dolores, will be auctioned to benefit a Southern California charity.

Surviving hell in a Bangladesh factory collapse

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:43 PM PDT

Merina, a survivor of the garment factory building collapse, is comforted by family members in hospital on Saturday April 27, 2013 in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Merina was trapped under rubble for three days, surviving with nothing to eat and only a few sips of water. The building collapse was the worst disaster to hit Bangladesh's $20 billion a year garment industry.(AP Photo/Gillian Wong)SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Merina was so tired. It had been three days since the garment factory where she worked had collapsed around her, three days since she'd moved more than a few inches. In that time she'd had nothing to eat and just a few sips of water. The cries for help had long since subsided. The moans of the injured had gone silent.

Mandela appears an ailing man in video

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:43 PM PDT

In this image taken from video, the ailing anti-apartheid icon Nelson Madela is filmed Monday April 29, 2013, more than three weeks after being released from hospital. Mandela was treated in hospital for a recurring lung infection. South African President Jacob Zuma visited the former leader on Monday, but Mandela does not appear to speak during the televised portion of the visit, as he sits in an armchair, his head propped up by a pillow with his cheeks showing what appear to be marks from a recently removed oxygen mask, although Zuma said he found Nelson Mandela JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Jacob Zuma said he found Nelson Mandela "in good shape and in good spirits" Monday, but a video of his encounter with the ailing anti-apartheid icon belies those cheery words, showing him with a vacant look on his face.

Netherlands' Queen Beatrix gives farewell speech

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:40 PM PDT

Dutch Queen Beatrix and her son Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander pose for photographers as they arrive for a banquet hosted by the Dutch Royal family at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Monday, April 29, 2013. Queen Beatrix has announced she will relinquish the crown on April 30, 2013, after 33 years of reign, leaving the monarchy to her son Crown Prince Willem-Alexander. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Netherlands' Queen Beatrix thanked her people Monday and urged them to support her son, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, in a final address before she abdicates and he takes over as king.

Opening statements begin in Jackson death trial

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:35 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 27, 2011 file photo, Katherine Jackson poses for a portrait in Calabasas, Calif. Opening statements are scheduled to begin Monday April 29, 2013, in Jackson's lawsuit against concert giant AEG Live over her son Michael's 2009 death. Katherine Jackson claims the company failed to properly investigate the doctor who was convicted in 2011 of involuntary manslaughter for the singer's death, but the company denies all wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Concert giant AEG Live failed in its duty to properly investigate the doctor who treated Michael Jackson because it was concerned about its own fortunes, an attorney for the singer's mother told a jury Monday morning.

Obama and Putin discuss security in phone call

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:35 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin (POO'-tihn) have been discussing terrorism coordination in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings.

Drama Desk Award nominations are unveiled

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:34 PM PDT

FILE - This file theater image released by The Hartman Group shows the cast during a performance of "Hands on a Hard Body," at the Brooks Atkinson Theater in New York and featuring songs co-written by Phish frontman Trey Anastasio. (AP Photo/The Hartman Group, Chad Batka, File)NEW YORK (AP) — The off-Broadway show "Giant" and the quickly shuttered Broadway musical "Hands on a Hardbody" lead the Drama Desk nomination race this season, with the British import "Matilda," the audience-friendly "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" and a revival of Stephen Sondheim's "Passion" close behind.

Colorado music promoter Barry Fey dies at 73

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:32 PM PDT

DENVER (AP) — Music promoter Barry Fey, who brought some of the biggest names in the business to Colorado, including the Doors, the Rolling Stones and U2, has died. He was 73.

Syrian prime minister survives Damascus bombing, six die

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:27 PM PDT

Firefighters work at the site of an explosion at al-Mezze neighbourhood in DamascusBy Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's prime minister survived a bomb attack on his convoy in Damascus on Monday, as rebels struck in the heart of President Bashar al-Assad's capital. Six people were killed in the blast, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Previous rebel attacks on government targets included a December bombing which wounded Assad's interior minister. ...

Lawyers, public chant "hang him" as Bangladesh building owner led to court

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:27 PM PDT

Garment workers try to break gate of factory during protest to demand capital punishment for those responsible for collapse of Rana Plaza building in SavarBy Ruma Paul and Serajul Quadir DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladeshi lawyers and protesters chanted "hang him, hang him" on Monday as the owner of a factory building that collapsed last week killing nearly 400 people was led into court dressed in a helmet and bullet-proof jacket, witnesses said. The drama came as rescue officials said they were unlikely to find more survivors in the rubble of the building that collapsed on Wednesday, burying hundreds of garment workers in the country's worst industrial accident. ...

Kosovo: 3 get jail time in organ trafficking case

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:27 PM PDT

Kosovo Albanian doctor Lutfi Dervishi, center, flanked by defense councils, sits in a court room, in Pristina, Kosovo, Monday, April 29, 2013. A Kosovo court has found two ethnic Albanians guilty of human trafficking and organized crime in a highly publicized trial against seven people suspected of running an international organ trafficking ring. A panel of two European Union and one Kosovo judges sentenced Lutfi Dervishi to eight years in prison and his son Arban Dervishi to seven years and three months in prison on Monday for extracting kidneys from poor donors who were lured by financial promises. ( AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A court in Kosovo found two citizens guilty of human trafficking and organized crime Monday in a major trial against seven people suspected of running an international organ trafficking ring that took kidneys from poor donors lured by financial promises.

More Osprey aircraft heading to Japan

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:24 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will deploy a second squadron of the MV-22 Osprey to Okinawa despite controversy over the aircraft, officials said Monday.

NBA veteran center Jason Collins comes out as gay

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:24 PM PDT

FILE - In a Wednesday, April 17, 2013 file photo, Washington Wizards center Jason Collins, right, battles for a rebound against Chicago Bulls guard Kirk Hinrich during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Chicago. NBA veteran center Collins has become the first male professional athlete in the major four American sports leagues to come out as gay. Collins wrote a first-person account posted Monday, April 29, 2013 on Sports Illustrated's website. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — With the simplest of sentences, NBA veteran Jason Collins set aside years of worry and silence to become the first active player in one of four major U.S. professional sports leagues to come out as gay.

Obama taps Foxx - NC mayor - to run Transportation

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:22 PM PDT

President Barack Obama on Monday will nominate Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx as his new Transportation Secretary, a White House official says. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday tapped rising Democratic politician Anthony Foxx to lead the Department of Transportation, an agency at the center of Washington's fiscal fights.

Aircraft crash in Afghanistan kills 7

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:21 PM PDT

Afghan boys play on a road on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A civilian cargo aircraft crashed at Bagram Air Field, north of the Afghan capital, soon after takeoff on Monday, killing all seven people aboard, the U.S.-led military coalition said.

Karzai: US gives funds to national security team

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:17 PM PDT

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, right, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai shake hands in Helsinki, Finland Monday, April 29, 2013. Afghan President Karzai arrived to Finland for a working visit Monday. (AP Photo/Lehtikuva, Heikki Saukkomaa) FINLAND OUT, NO THIRD PARTY SALESKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Monday that his national security team has been receiving payments from the U.S. government for the past 10 years.

Utah police: Man shot talked of suicide before

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:11 PM PDT

Members of the West Valley City Police Forensics Unit examine bullets holes in a window at the West Valley City Police Department Monday, April 29, 2013, in West Valley City, Utah. Authorities in a Salt Lake City suburb say a man shot after pulling a gun in a police lobby told officers months ago that he wanted to be shot by police. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — A man shot and wounded Monday morning after pulling a gun in a police station lobby in suburban Salt Lake City told officers months ago that he wanted to be killed by police because he was a registered sex offender and his wife was taking his kids, authorities said.

Ex-Mich. congresswoman presides over ET hearings

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:11 PM PDT

FILE - Then-U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick is seen at the Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit on May 21, 2010 in Detroit. Kilpatrick and six other former members of Congress are chairing a hearing on whether there is life beyond Earth. It began Monday, April 29, 2013, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.., and runs through May 3. A private group sponsoring the hearing says it hopes to prove that aliens contact Earth, and that the government is trying to keep it secret. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)DETROIT (AP) — Ex-U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick of Detroit and six other former Congress members are presiding over hearings on the existence of extraterrestrials.

Italy's new leader promises to ease taxes

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:10 PM PDT

Italian Premier Enrico Letta, is flanked by Integration Minister Cecile Kyenge, left, and Agriculture Minister Nunzia De Girolamo, during the swearing in ceremony of the new government at the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome, Sunday, April 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)ROME (AP) — Italy's new premier on Monday made immediate concessions to his uneasy coalition allies, promising to ease part of a slate of austerity measures that have weighed on Italians impatient at the slow pace of economic recovery.

Sarah Jessica Parker aboard Amanda Peet's play

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:08 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Actress Amanda Peet has managed to lure Blythe Danner and Sarah Jessica Parker to share a stage again with her first play.

Bowing in 'pigeon' fight, France slashes taxes

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:03 PM PDT

France's President Francois Hollande arrives to deliver a speech to ministers and members of the White Book of Defense and National Security committee at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris, Monday April 29, 2013. France said Monday it will cut another 24,000 military jobs by 2019 as it attempts to maintain a force ready to deal with global threats at the time when the bill for France's decades of deficit spending is due. (AP Photo/Bertrand Langlois, Pool)PARIS (AP) — President Francois Hollande announced on Monday a series of measures to encourage the French entrepreneurial spirit, including drastic cuts in capital gains taxes — up to 65 percent — for the sale of small companies and a plan to make France start-up friendly.

Lawyer: Pa. abortion clinic no 'house of horrors'

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:02 PM PDT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A defense lawyer asked a jury Monday to transcend both the politics and unpleasant reality of abortion when it weighs murder charges against a doctor charged with killing a patient and four babies.
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